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August 14, 2012 -- WEWAG has been awarded a second Section 6 grant from the Department of the Interior in order to help support the inclusion of the interior least tern and piping plover in the HCP, in addition to the two species originally included (whooping crane and lesser prairie-chicken). This grant will help ensure the adequate conservation of these species through measures to minimize and offset impacts from wind energy development. See the following for more information: www.fws.gov/endangered/esa-library/pdf/FY12Section6AwardSummariesFinal.pdf.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completed the first phase of their National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process, the public scoping, including scoping meetings and a public comment period. See www.fws.gov/southwest for more information and the scoping report (click on the “Great Plains Wind Energy” tab in the right hand column.